On Tuesday Mehsud also claimed responsibility for an attack on the Lahore police academy, saying the operation was in retaliation for previous drone attacks in Northwest Pakistan.

Today (Wednesday) at 3:00 pm the Senate Foreign Relations Committeewill hold a hearing entitled Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan. A bit more on Mehsud might be expected to emerge.

It is worth reading an editorial in today’s Daily Times of Pakistanfocused on Mehsud. In begins with an interesting analysis and concludes referring to Mehsud’s group, “The foremost threat is internal and it comes directly from the Taliban-Al Qaeda combine, as proved by the incident at Manawan. The Pakistani mind should now be concentrated on the removal of this internal threat.”